Profile of Dr. Shankar Jha

• B.Sc. (Ag.): Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.)
• M.Sc. (Ag.) in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)
• Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)

Professional Area

• Research Area: Organic waste management, Natural Farming, Soil Fertility and Chemistry STCR
• Research Interests: Natural Farming, Organic waste management, STCR

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Kusum A, Jha S, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Tiwari S (2025) Influence of household waste-based vermicompost and fertilizer on micronutrient mineralization in calcareous soil. Plant Science Today (Accepted).
• Kumar R, Jha S, Singh SP, Kumar M, Kumari R, Padbhushan R (2023) Organic waste recycling by vermicomposting amended with rock phosphate impacts the stability and maturity indices of vermicompost. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 73(7):553–567.
• Choudhary S, Singh SP, Jha S, Jha RK, Das M (2023) Effect of long-term continuous STCR-based fertilization on potassium pools and balance in calcareous soil under rice-based cropping system. Int J Plant Soil Sci 35(17):262–272.
• Jha S, Kumar R, Kumar M, Kumar R, Padbhushan R (2023) Enriching vermicompost with rock phosphate applied with inorganic fertilizers improves soil biological quality in calcareous soil. Pharma Innov J 12(3):4870–4874.
• Kusum A, Jha S, Tedia K (2023) Changes in physical properties during composting. Pharma Innov J 12(3):1633–1636.
• Ghosh A, Manna MC, Jha S, Singh AK, Misra S, Srivastava RC, Srivastava PP, Laik R, Bhattacharya R, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Singh SK, Kumar V, Tiwari S, Singh AK (2022) Impact of soil-water contaminants on tropical agriculture, animal and societal environment. Adv Agron 176:209–274.
• Singh SP, Dutta S, Jha S, Prasad SS, Chaudhary SK, Manna MC (2022) Indigenous nutrient supplying capacity of young alluvial calcareous soils favours the sustainable productivity of hybrid rice and maize crops. Sustainability 14(18):11585.
• Wankhede M, Dakhli R, Manna MC, Sirothia P, Rahman MM, Ghose A, Bhattacharya P, Singh M, Jha S, Patra AK (2021) Long‐term manure application for crop yield stability and carbon sequestration in subtropical region. Soil Use Manag 37(2):264–276.
• Singh SP, Dutta SK, Jha S, Prasad SS, Chaudhary SK, Sahi V (2021) Nutrient management in calcareous soil improves rice–maize sustainable yield index, performance indicators. J Plant Nutr 44(11):1571–1586.
• Chaudhary SK, Singh SP, Jha S, Singh Y (2018) Management of Sesbania aculeata incorporation and nitrogen on the performance of transplanted rice in calcareous soil. Commun Soil Sci Plant Anal 49(14):1739–1749.

Books/ Book chapters:

• Jha S, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Pandey PS, Rai M, Goswami AK (Eds) (2025) A Text Book of Natural Farming. Today & Tomorrow Printers and Publisher, New Delhi, pp 766. ISBN: 9789348596222
• [Co-author] (2015) कृषि विज्ञान वर्ग –XI के लिए भाग–1. बिहार स्टेट टेक्स्टबुक पब्लिषिंग कॉर्पोरेशन लिमिटेड, पटना. शिक्षा विभाग, बिहार सरकार द्वारा स्वीकृत। कुल पृष्ठ: 329
• [Co-author] (2016) कृषि विज्ञान वर्ग –XII के लिए भाग–2. बिहार स्टेट टेक्स्टबुक पब्लिषिंग कॉर्पोरेशन लिमिटेड, पटना. शिक्षा विभाग, बिहार सरकार द्वारा स्वीकृत। कुल पृष्ठ: 395
• Jha S, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Goswami AK (2025) Natural farming: concept and importance. In: Jha S et al (eds) Text Book of Natural Farming. Today & Tomorrow Printers and Publisher, New Delhi, pp 1–12. ISBN: 9789348596222
• Prasad SS, Jha S, Singh SP, Rai A, Singh IS, Kumar M (2025) Bhumi Suposhan. In: Jha S et al (eds) Text Book of Natural Farming. Today & Tomorrow Printers and Publisher, New Delhi, pp 41–70. ISBN: 978934859622
• Manna MC, Prasad SS, Jha S, Singh SP, Ghose A (2025) Valorization of waste recycling process through composting. In: Chattopadhyay GN, Ghose GK (eds) Prospective on Waste Recycling in Indian Agriculture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 276–302
• Singh SP, Jha S, Kumar V, Dwivedi M, Prasad SS, Tiwari S, Awasthi N, Mishra V, Mukarjee L (2025) Impact of Aldor nutrient source in rice-wheat system. In: Frontier Sciences in Agriculture, GBPUAT. ISBN: 978-81-977948-5-8, pp 899
• Singh SP, Singh MP, Jha S et al. (2017) Nutrient contribution via omission plot technique. In: Sustainable Farming and Soil Health. Soil Conservation Society of India, pp 224–230. ISBN: 978-81-909228-7-6
• Jha MN, Jha S, Chaurasia SK (2015) Agroecology of agromicrobes. In: Benkeblia N (ed) Agroecology Ecosystems and Sustainability. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, pp 81–102

A. Department of Soil Science, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125 Bihar, India

M. shankarjha@rpcau.ac.in

T. + 91-9430259387

ORCID: 0009-0001-3678-8528